Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2081

Sunday 9 November

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 9 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:26  12:14 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 10:48:17
10:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:02

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 10 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:27  12:15 madhyāhna ends
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03

48 of 48 minutes covered

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 10:48 on Sun 9 Nov to 13:19 on Mon 10 Nov.

    2081-11-08T22:48:17Z → 2081-11-10T01:19:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:26–12:14 on the 9th, 11:27–12:15 on the 10th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2288 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Suva, 2081: Sunday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Durgā Navamī 2081 falls on Sunday 9 November. Navamī runs from 10:48 on Sun 9 Nov to 13:19 on Mon 10 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2081/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:48 → 17:1911:130 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago16:48 → 19:1911:100 min11:110 min9 Nov
Jersey City17:48 → 20:1911:160 min11:160 min9 Nov
Port of Spain18:48 → 21:1911:260 min11:260 min9 Nov
London22:48 → 01:1911:200 min11:200 min9 Nov
Durban00:48 → 03:1911:160 min11:160 min9 Nov
Dubai02:48 → 05:1911:390 min11:390 min9 Nov
Delhi04:18 → 06:4911:410 min11:410 min9 Nov
Kolkata04:18 → 06:4910:560 min10:570 min9 Nov
Singapore06:48 → 09:1912:250 min12:250 min9 Nov
Sydney09:48 → 12:1912:150 min12:164 min9 Nov
Suva10:48 → 13:1911:260 min11:2748 min9 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
durga-navami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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